Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of staff who received financial assistance to pursue courses in further or higher education in each of the past five years; the number of such staff who were subsequently re-assigned to duties appropriate to their new qualifications. [45326/09]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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One hundred and two of the Department's staff received financial assistance towards academic courses over the past five years. Staff assignments in the Department take account of all relevant factors, of which academic or other qualifications form only one part. Other relevant considerations include previous experience, the need to broaden experience, particular aptitudes, and the demands arising at any given time across the Department.